Edited narrative of an interview with Audrey "June" Taylor Henry conducted by Claytee D. White on February 26, 2010. Henry was a dancer, choreographer, broadcaster and Las Vegas resident since 1992.

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Interview with Anna Bailey conducted by Claytee D. White on March 3, 1997. Arriving in Las Vegas in 1955 to perform as a dancer for the opening of the Moulin Rouge, Bailey also starred in traveling shows nationally and in Europe. Returning to Las Vegas, she became the first African American to dance in a house chorus line on the Strip. Later she became one of the first black women in Nevada to hold a gaming license, owning and operating several small nightclubs.

]]>Film negatives of dancers in the Moulin Rouge opening show, May 24, 1955http://digital.library.unlv.edu/u?/ohr,2342014-05-23T00:00:00-07:00

Series of two black and white negatives of dancers onstage at the Moulin Rouge on opening night, dated May 24, 1955.

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Interview with Alice Key conducted by Claytee D. White on February 17, 1997. Dancer, writer, and community activist, Key served as Deputy Labor Commissioner for the State of Nevada and leader of the NAACP in Las Vegas. As a newspaper reporter, she exposed the separation of blood plasma according to race in World War II. With Bob Bailey, Key created the first all-black television show in the nation and a radio program, interviewing black entertainers in a talk-show format.

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Part of an interview with D. D. Cotton by Claytee White on February 14, 1997. Cotton discusses challenges faced by women dealers and her work as a dancer and dealer in a number of casinos.

]]>Program for the Memorial Celebration in Loving Memory of Ethel Dolores Cotton, August 15, 1935 - April 24, 2009, April 29, 2009http://digital.library.unlv.edu/u?/ohr,202014-05-23T00:00:00-07:00

Program for the Memorial Celebration in Loving Memory of Ethel Dolores Cotton, including her obituary, order of service with Reverend Marion Bennett officiating, the poem "I'm Free," by Linda Jo Jackson, and special thanks from her family.

]]>Photograph of Anna Bailey and other entertainers at the Moulin Rouge, 1955http://digital.library.unlv.edu/u?/ohr,242014-05-23T00:00:00-07:00

Black and white negative of James "Stump" Cross, Nate Schlaifer, Harold "Stumpy" Cromer, and Rosita Davis at the Moulin Rouge, dated July 30, 1955. Cross and Cromer performed as the comedy team Stump and Stumpy.

Interview with Mary Louise Williams conducted by Claytee D. White on June 19, 1998. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Williams was musically trained and worked as a dancer at the opening of the Moulin Rouge in 1955. Following her career in social work and teaching in New York, she retired to Las Vegas.

Part of an interview with Mary Louise Williams conducted by Claytee D. White on June 19, 1998. Williams recalls working as a showgirl at the Moulin Rouge and traces her subsequent careers as a social worker and school teacher.

Interview with D. D. Cotton conducted by Claytee D. White on February 14, 1997. Raised in New York City, Cotton arrived in Las Vegas as a dancer in Cab Calloway's traveling production "The Cotton Club." During a period of strained race relations, she stood for equal rights as the first black cocktail waitress on the Strip and one of the first black dealers.

]]>Transcript of an interview with Lindell Blake by Claytee D. White on January 12, 2006http://digital.library.unlv.edu/u?/ohr,10252014-05-27T00:00:00-07:00

Lindell Blake is a self-taught dancer in the tradition of Sammy Davis Jr and others. He performed in Las Vegas at Sands, New York, New York, and Luxor hotels.

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Part of an interview with Lindell Blake by Claytee D. White on January 12, 2006. Blake discusses his practice of dancing and the future of tap dancing.

Part of an interview with Katherine Joseph, October 25, 2004. In this clip, Joseph describes her dancing career, including a stint in Cuba, and her interactions with Josephine Baker and Pearl Bailey at the Cotton Club in Las Vegas in the 1950s.

Part of an interview with Anna Bailey by Claytee White on March 3, 1997. Bailey describes her arrival in Las Vegas and opening night at the Moulin Rouge.

]]>Film negatives of musicians and dancers at Carver House, January 24, 1962http://digital.library.unlv.edu/u?/ohr,7712014-05-27T00:00:00-07:00

Series of twelve negatives from Nevada State Museum showing Carver House musicians and dancers, Wednesday, January 24, 1962. (Norris Patterson playing the flute; with Calvin Shields on the drums, to Patterson's left).

]]>Film negatives of a talent show winner at the Carver House, April 4, 1962http://digital.library.unlv.edu/u?/ohr,8832014-05-27T00:00:00-07:00

Set of twelve negatives from Nevada State Museum [Carver House talent show winner, April 4, 1962 (unidentified female singer/dancer)]

]]>Film negatives of the talent show at the Carver House, January 17, 1962http://digital.library.unlv.edu/u?/ohr,9852014-05-27T00:00:00-07:00